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                Some of these key segments will be presented below.

                  SEGMENT 1

            This is an example of one of the more heated exchanges.

            F2, an Asian female observes:

                 What is considered censorship in one country is thought of
                 as protection in another.

            M1, a white American male responds:
                 Are other cultures so far gone that people have mindsets that
                 they have no control over? I am a person first, a US citizen
                 second. Responsibility is not a cultural issue. The application
                 of responsibility is manifest in individuals based on learned
                 cultural impressions. The Internet offers new thinking, new
                 mindsets. Perhaps (in the future) the Internet will cause the
                 downfall of current geo-political authority (I hope). Culture



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                            Adoption by Week by Culture
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